Night
Death is heavily portrayed in the book, titled Night, by Elie Wiesel. Throughout the book Wiesel describes the terror and the horrifying moments of the concentration camp as it affected him. Eliezer had many near death experiences, but each time that he was at the edge of death there was always a door open for him to escape the black shadow. There were many people that did not make it, but Weisel did escape and apart of what endeavored him to live was his father. For Wiesel his determination to live was for his father. He thought to himself "What would he do without me? I was his only support"(82). Therefore Wiesel was afraid to be separated from the presence of his father. Wiesel had a near death experience towards the beginning of the book and the end. On the first day at the camp when Wiesel and his father stepped out of the crowded train they perceived the flames filtering up from the ditch not far from them. They noticed that they were heading right towards the flames and the burning. His father even said, "Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories..." (30). Step by step they were coming closer and closer to the heat.
All throughout the book page after page, Wiesel never let his father go and he never let himself go either because of his father. Wiesel from the beginning of the camp till the end he made sure that his number one priority was to stay near at hand with his father. Furthermore as has father became weaker towards the end Wiesel not only tried not to be separated from him but also put his father's worry and concern before his. "Father! I've been looking for you for so long....Where were you? Did you sleep?...How do you feel...Have u had anything to eat" (101)? Each questioned asked shows Wiesel sympathy and compassion for his father. His well being and comfort for his father. His love and devotion for his father. His fathers concern over his own. Wiesel was just a boy in the concentration camp yet he acted like a man whenever it came to his fathers needs. Overall Wiesel made his father proud. Towards the end of the book in the month of January of 1945, Wiesel's right foot began to swell because of the cold. The Jewish doctor said he needed to have an operation. The operation had had went good but two days after that the doctor entered the hospital block and announced, "Tomorrow, immediately after nightfall, the camp will be set out. Block after block. Patients will stay in the infirmary. They will not be evacuated" (77). Weisel thought about this sharply and said to himself that there was no way the SS are going to leave the hospital blocks unevaluated. All of them will be killed shortly and
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Approximate Word count = 1024
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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